EARLY BLUES AND JUG BAND LYRICS FROM THE 1920s! - Wes Burgess - Bog

This book has plenty of early blues and jug band songs that are waiting to become your favorite music to hear, sing, and play. If you like music, don't put this down before you sample the verses and sing them in your head. If you smile, tap your toe, or imagine sharing them with others, then you're in the right place. There are lots of song books. But THESE songs are the real thing, the original classic blues, jug band, and party music that began over 100 years ago and has been perfected throughout generations. The songs in this book are unspoiled and uncommercialized - you will not hear them in shopping centers, elevators, hair pavilions, or TV commercials. Aficionados will explain how these songs shaped rock (rhythm and blues) and early jazz music. Wouldn't you like to discover some of these original songs? You can sing the songs in this book by yourself or in a group or band - unaccompanied or together with guitar, banjo, dobro, harmonica, or other instruments. The Appendices tell more about the music and its history, and provide suggestions on how to sing and play with others. I hope this book helps you to find the "real blues and jug band tunes" you have been looking for and I'm sure you'll have fun sharing these songs with others. In the process, I hope to reawaken these early tunes to a modern audience, and reacquaint the world with a simpler and more truthful era. So, when you are ready to get out of your head, let your heart take over for a while with these songs.